Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was prediction of risky behaviors based on psychosocial development and perceived parenting practices of parents in high school students. Method: The study design was descriptive correlational type and the statistical population included of all high school students of Astara city that through them 200 subjects w...

objective: this survey aimed at studying the effects of socioeconomic and family factors in adolescents’ tendency towards smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug abuse. methods: using multistage sampling, 3530 high school students were selected in tehran, iran. they completed the iranian adolescents risk behavior scale questionnaire (iars) and demographic questionnaire with the main focus on the...

introduction: motorcycling is a risky activity and motorcyclists are vulnerable to road accidents. the behavior of motorcyclists is a significant factor of accident. unfortunately there is little information regarding social and mental characteristics of motorcyclists which lead to the accident. the purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth qualitative understanding of reasons for riding a ...

Although it is generally assumed that leadership traits are linked to positive outcomes, it is unclear how they might be related to less desirable health behaviors. In a sample of 623 undergraduate students, a series of structural equation models examined the relationship between transformational leadership traits and risky health behaviors (i.e., alcohol consumption and hooking up). The models...

we estimated the prevalence of hiv, sexually transmitted infections (stis), and risky behaviors among female sex workers (fsw) in kerman city, iran.women, 18 years or older, who reported selling sex for at least 6 months during their lifetime and had at least one sexual contact with a client in the recent 12 months were sampled using responding driven sampling (rds). participants were interview...

objective: the goal of the present study was to assess the prevalence of cigarette smoking and its relationship to other risk taking behaviors, perceived familial support and religiosity among college students in tabriz, iran . method: in this study, 1837 randomly selected students participated and completed a self-administered questionnaire inquiring demographic characteristics, risk taking be...

Introduction: Risky behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with mortality of adolescents. So, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach and stress inoculation training on the lifestyle of second-grade high school female students with risky behaviors in Yazd. Methods: This study was semi...